First, the gator situation. I'm feeling a little bit better about it after talking to one of our neighbors. He said that they've been here for a year now and have only seen one alligator... and they're outside in the backyard constantly! He said that the one he saw was small also and that "they" (whoever "they" are) monitor the ponds constantly to make sure that there isn't more than one gator in each and that they don't get too big! I figured that there must be some kind of monitoring because there are SO many kids in this neighborhood and so many ponds as well. In fact, Florida seems like just one big pond! There's even a town close by called "Land O'Lakes!"
Secondly, Chase has slept in his own room for the past 2 nights! I was feeling inspired after talking to a few girls in the Stroller Strides class who said that their babies slept better in their own rooms. Well, so far that's not really working for Chase... his sleep patterns are still really random. Last night he woke up after 3 hours and then 2 hours and 2.5 hours! yuck. Anyone have any advice for getting an 11 week old to sleep longer? I know he's capable because like I said before, he used to sleep for 5 hours! I'm not sure what changed but I'm hoping he returns to his former predictability! I'm still going to keep him in his room though, because it turns out that it's not so bad walking to his room at night... it's pretty close to ours. And it will be nice to finally put the pack n' play away!
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Hey Shannon,
That made me smile to read that you think what would I do as far as meeting people. I really don't know quite how it happens except I always can think of something to ask anyone I decide I want to be friends with, or even talk to. Sometimes I'll ask, "So, do you live in this neighborhood?" Or, "So, do you come to this park a lot?" It seems people are always wanting someone to talk to if you just start asking them questions. I think it's a lot of fun to meet new people. There are so many interesting things to find out about others. I know you will find some good friends. I just wish I was closer!! As far as advice on getting Chase to sleep longer at night, I really don't have any because I have tried to completely erase those early days with Bauer from my mind. Wait, I take that back, one thing that did help was when we tried to keep him up later to do his last feeding - say around 11pm instead of 9 or 9:30. It seemed when we did the later feeding as the "last" one of the day, he started sleeping till 5 in the morning, as opposed to sleeping 9 to 2 and then waking again at 5. I don't know if this will work for you, but it might be worth trying if you haven't already. I love reading your updates. I wish I was blogging more regularly myself. I hope to write tomorrow, so check back for an update from me. Love, Ginger
Hey Miss Shannon!
Just wanted to pop on here and say that we miss you guys! We're so happy that you guys are doing so well down there. And don't worry, I'm sure you'll meet plenty of new friends.
Say hi to that husband of yours for us!
Bec & Jeremy
Bec! I didn't know you had a blog!! I'm posting a link to yours right now! We miss y'all too! I thought about you today at Outback (that's where we went for Mothers Day...it's my favorite place...sad, but true!), and about how beautiful your wedding must have been! We will be up to visit in the fall and we will definitely call you guys!
Shannon- I don't have any advice about getting them to sleep better/longer, but I can tell you a few things that I'd do differently if I had to do it again:
I was not one to let my son cry at all if he woke in the middle of the night. My husband would say "let him try to work it out for 10 minutes" and it took me months to do that...actually almost a year.
I would have started him on cereal sooner. Just a little at night with his final feeding might have helped. At a certain point (maybe 6 months) my pediatrician said babies do not wake because they are hungry. They make feel hungry after they are awake.
My son slept much, much better on his tummy. It's a no-no today but when you and I were young, it was the way to go. As soon as my son could turn his head well on his own I put him on his tummy (with no blankets nearby).
Good luck!
We did the dream feed with Cort which seemed to help. I'm not too sure on what to advise because night was Cort's easy time and he didn't like to eat ever anyway. I know during the day at around 2 months we started sort of a controlled cry it. 10 min at a time. But i don't know how that would work at night. Do you feel like he is taking a full feeding at night when you do feed him? What does his daytime schedule look like?
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